Gardner's Art Through the Ages

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Preface

iii

Introduction The Subjects and Vocabulary of Art History

xiii

Art, History, and the History of Art

xiii

Art History in the Twenty-First Century

xiv

Different Ways of Seeing

xxvii

Religion and Mythology: The Gods and Goddesses of Mount Olympus

xxviii

Religion and Mythology: Buddhism and Buddhist Iconography

xxix

Religion and Mythology: The Life of Jesus in Art

xxx

Architectural Basics: Classical Architecture

xxxii

Architectural Basics: Medieval Churches

xxxiii

From Gothic to Renaissance: The Fourteenth Century in Italy

533

(26)

The City-States: Politics and Economics

534

(1)

Disruption and Change

534

(1)

Letters and Learning

535

(2)

The Movement Away from Medievalism in Art

537

(1)

Religion and Mythology: Mendicant Orders and Confraternities

537

(1)

Art and Society: Artists' Names in Renaissance Italy

538

(1)

Art and Society: Art to Order: Commissions and Patronage

539

(4)

Materials and Techniques: Fresco Painting

543

(9)

Written Sources: A Majestic Altarpiece: Duccio's Maesta

552

(2)

Art and Society: Mastering a Craft: Artistic Training in the Renaissance

554

(5)

Of Piety, Passion, and Politics: Fifteenth-Century Art in Northern Europe and Spain

559

(30)

Political, Economic, and Religious Developments in the Fifteenth Century

560

(1)

French Manuscript Illumination

560

(1)

Fifteenth-Century Flemish Art

561

(20)

Fifteenth-Century French Art

581

(2)

Fifteenth-Century German Art

583

(4)

Fifteenth-Century Spanish Art

587

Materials and Techniques: Painters, Pigments, and Panels

567

(7)

Materials and Techniques: Edges and Borders: Framing Paintings

574

(12)

Materials and Techniques: Graphic Changes: The Development of Printmaking